Immigration | Return to Briefings page
- Tweet
- Share 0
- +1
- LinkedIn 0
European Arrest Warrant pros outweigh cons
Brexiteers say EU’s criminal extradition system is bad for Britain. It’s not perfect, but they ignore the benefits.
Britain benefits from free movement
Some of the complaints against free movement have a grain of truth. But, on balance, the benefits outweigh the costs.
The inflow: European migration into Britain
EU migrants are often younger, more skilled, more entrepreneurial, and drive economic growth.
The outflow: Brits abroad
It’s not just EU citizens migrating to the UK - at least a million Brits live in Spain alone.
Welfare tourism is largely a myth
Vast majority of EU citizens come to UK to work, not to live off benefits. Benefit tourism is a political, not an economic problem.
Culture and crime
Rather than diluting British culture, immigration has been enriching it for centuries.